Inclined pillow rest for beds and couches



April 3, 1934. D. P. WILLIAMS INGLINED PILLOW REST FOR BEDS AND COUCHESImvew/E@W: waBWiZZm9 @yg Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UITED STATES FEET FIiQEDiana P. Williams, Boston, Mass.

Application September 2, 1932, Serial No. 631,518

2 Claims.

My invention aims to produce a novel and improved inclined pillow restfor use by invalids and others in connection with beds and couches whichwill better remain in position when once 25 adjusted in place of theadjustable inclined frames now commonly used in connection with theordinary rectangular pillows or in lieu of the use of loose pillows asthey are now used.

My invention will be best understood from a description of the preferredembodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is an edge view of a pillow rest made in accordance with myinvention;

16 Fig. 2, a rear or right hand elevation of the pillow shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, a perspective view showing my improved pillow with a suitablecase or slip applied thereto as when commonly in use;

20 Fig. 4, a side view showing a section of the head portion of abedstead with my improved pillow secured in position thereon; and

Fig. 5, an enlarged detail of the supporting seam to be referred to.

Referring to the drawing and to the particular embodiment of myinvention selected for illustration herein, my improved pillow in eitherfront or back View, the latter of which is shown in Fig. 2, is ofsuitable shape, but preferably broad and generally rectangular with astraight horizontal bottom edge 1, vertical side or end edges 2, and apreferably arched top edge 3. The front face of my improved pillow, Fig.1, is made crowning from edge to edge as indicated at 4, to provide forusual contained upholstering and forming a front section 44, which isconvex, Fig. 1, while the back face, Fig. 1, 5 is made similarlycrowning for upholstery, down to a point approaching, but some distanceremoved from the bottom edge of the pillow, where it terminates at 6 ina slightly arched and generally horizontal edge forming a rear uppersection 55, which is convex and upwardly tapering and which extends fromside to side of the pillow and is secured to the latter by and along theend seams 7 which follow generally the outline of the pillow.

Between the arched edge 6 and the bottom edge 1 of the pillow at therear side thereof is inserted a horizontal, in cross section triangular,base piece 8, secured by the edge stitching along the bottom edge 1 ofthe pillow and up the side edges thereof to the point where it meets theedge 6 of the upper part forming a lower rear section 88 triangular incross section. The

upper edge of the base piece 88 and the bottom edge 6 of the upperportion 55, at the rear of the pillow, are united across the pillow andpreferably in a generally arched line, by a line of stitches 9 extendedthrough the infolded adiacent edges of said base section 88 and rearpiece section 55, to form a stiff supporting seam, as clearly shown inFig. 5. In lieu of stitches, any other preferred form of fastening meansor devices may be employed.

The dimensions of the parts are such that the pillow formed as describedpresents at its front face 4 a pillow support of generally conventionalshape and so also at the rear upper portion 5 at the rear face 5, but atthe bottom of the rear face the base piece 88 presents rather an abruptinclined or oblique support outlined and stiffened at its upper andlower edges 6 and 1 by the seams employed to secure together the partsof the pillow, which inclined base serves naturally and securely tosupport the pillow when in use in an inclined position such as shown inFig. 4, from which it will not readily become displaced when in use.

The line of stitches 9, Fig. 4, at the seam 6 tends naturally to providea fullness or thickened portion of the pillow in the vicinity of saidseam, which tends further to give stability and support to the pillowwhen in use.

An enclosing slip is preferably employed in connection with and as apart of my pillow, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the same being cutgenerally to the shape of the pillow proper and seamed together aroundthe side and top margins 10 and 11, and along the line of the supportingseam 6 by a similar seam 12 with its bottom edges 13 closed together bystitches for a short distance inwardly as at 14, 14, near each side, andleft open between said closed edge portions to permit placing of thepillow proper within and withdrawing it conveniently from the pillowslip. Preferably the dimension of the casing or slip from the top tobottom will exceed by a few inches that of the corresponding dimensionof the pillow to provide a flap like bot- T tom to the case which may beinfolded one or more times beneath the base of the pillow to retain thelatter in position when in use, and said prolonged bottom edge prior toinfolding may be secured at one or more points by tapes 15 3193 that maybe tied together.

While the tendency of the pillow, by reason of the oblique base andtriangular section 88 at the rear side, is to retain itself naturallyand v normally in an inclined position as shown in Fig.

4, to guard against accidental displacement, the pillow case may beprovided at its rear face and preferably somewhere about the middle withsecuring tapes 16 which may be tied around the ordinary rods orpilasters of the head of the bedstead, as indicated in Fig. 4.

The flexibility and conformable nature of the pillow and its contentsare such that the same, due to its oblique base section 88, may beplaced in positions of diiferent inclination and adapt itself theretoand remain naturally therein without any of the mechanical meansutilized in the pillow rests of the conventional type now in use, sothat in effect my oblique base pillow has all the adjustability of anadjustable one such as referred to without any of the machinery, weight,inconvenience, or hardness of a mechanical rest. I provide a pillowthat, when in position, will stay there partly because of the large flatbase provided by the lower section 88 of the case and triangularsupporting upper rear section 55 which form with each other a wedgesupport behind and beneath the front section.

My invention is not limited to the particular illustrated embodimentherein disclosed.

I claim:

1. A pillow comprising a case filled with suitable material and havingclearly defined outlining edges, upholstered more deeply at the frontside of the vertical end edges than the other, to form a convex frontand a convex rear section of the pillow, the bottom of the upper rearsection being more deeply upholstered than the top portion thereof, anda longitudinal seam at the bottom of the rear upper section slightlyconvex relatively to the bottom edge to define a secondary edge andforming, with the bottom edge, end edges of the case and a rear sectionwall, a horizontal triangular cross-sectional base casesection with aflat base line and curved end lines and adjacent upright triangular casesection with a curved base line and substantially flat end lines, thewhole forming a pillow with a generally triangular end with a flat baseedge and top converging front and rear lines.

2. A pillow comprising a case filled with suitable material and havingclearly defined outlining edges, upholstered more deeply at the rear ofthe vertical end edges than the front, to form a front and a rearsection of the pillow, the bottom of the upper rear section being moredeeply upholstered than the upper portion thereof, and a longitudinalseam in the rear section slightly convex relatively to the bottom edgeto define a secondary edge and forming, with the bottom edge, and endedges of the case and rear section end wall, a pillow having a frontcasesection supported in an inclined position by a lower horizontal basesection substantially triangular in cross section with a flat basecurved upwardly at its ends, and an upright rear upper section with aslightly curved base and substantially straight end edges.

DIANA P. WILLIAMS.

